tag:www.kickstarter.com,2008-10-09:/projects/1910818917/carbon-zero-a-short-tour-of-your-citys-future/postsKickstarter: Carbon Zero: A Short Tour of Your City's Future 2016-02-22T01:59:28-05:00tag:www.kickstarter.com,2008-10-09:Post/14983592016-02-22T02:02:08-05:002016-02-22T02:02:08-05:00A New Project: The Heroic Future!<p>Hey folks!</p><p>I've launched a new project, <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1910818917/the-heroic-future" target="_blank">The Heroic Future</a>. It's a three-part live documentary about reimagining the world of tomorrow, in order to rebuild the world today.</p><p>I'd really love your support. Please check it out:</p><p><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1910818917/the-heroic-future" target="_blank">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1910818917/the-heroic-future</a></p><p>Thank you!</p><p>Alex</p>tag:www.kickstarter.com,2008-10-09:Post/4226202013-03-07T18:57:32-05:002013-03-07T18:57:32-05:00Carbon Zero in the Media<p>Hey folks—</p><p>One of the many great things about doing this project is that it's given me many opportunities to talk with colleagues in the media about cities, climate and the future. Here are some of the interviews and articles that have resulted.</p><p>Though Carbon Zero's gotten a terrific reception and a lot of people have read the book itself, it's through media like this that a much greater number encounter the ideas in a book. This is part of what you supporters helped make happen. </p><p>Thank you, again.</p><p>—Alex</p><p>Earth Island Journal: <a href="http://&lt;a%20href=" target="_blank">http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/eij/article/alex_steffen/</a>" </p>
<p>Metropolis Magazine: <a href="http://www.metropolismag.com/story/20130207/planet-savers" target="_blank">Planet-savers: A new e-book by futurist Alex Steffen argues that cities are the key to environmental salvation</a></p>
<p>Dwell Magazine: <a href="http://www.dwell.com/post/article/alex-steffen-cities" target="_blank">Alex Steffen on Cities</a></p>
<p>Interview on KPFA: <a href="http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/86819" target="_blank">Caroline Casey with Alex Steffen</a></p>
<p>Treehugger: <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/urban-design/imagining-cities-can-save-planet-alex-steffen-talks-about-carbon-zero.html" target="_blank">Imagining Cities That Can Save The Planet: Alex Steffen Talks About Carbon Zero</a></p>
<p>The Atlantic: <a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2012/11/ruggedized-cities-and-vision-carbon-zero-urban-future-interview-alex-steffen/3965/" target="_blank">A Vision of a Carbon-Zero Urban Future: An Interview with Alex Steffen</a></p>
<p>Momentum: <a href="http://environment.umn.edu/momentum/issue/4.1w12/index.html" target="_blank">What would it take to make a city carbon neutral?</a></p>
<p>Foreign Policy: <a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/01/03/12_build_green_cities" target="_blank">How to Save the Global Economy: Build Green Cities</a></p>
<p>Arcade: <a href="http://www.arcadejournal.com/public/IssueArticle.aspx?Volume=29&amp;Issue=4&amp;Article=466" target="_blank">So You Want To Change The World? A Conversation with Alex Steffen</a></p>tag:www.kickstarter.com,2008-10-09:Post/3867072013-01-15T14:29:46-05:002016-09-12T16:43:32-04:00Send me your up-to-date mailing address (if you've relocated since becoming a backer)This post is for backers only. Please visit <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1910818917/carbon-zero-a-short-tour-of-your-citys-future/posts/386707">Kickstarter.com</a> and log in to read.tag:www.kickstarter.com,2008-10-09:Post/3588012012-11-29T12:20:43-05:002012-11-29T12:20:44-05:00Sweet Kindle version of Carbon Zero now available<p>If you or someone you know would like to have Carbon Zero to read on Kindle, it's now available on Amazon.</p><p>Sure, you can read it free online, but by purchasing it in this handsome edition designed by OPEN, you support the work we're doing getting the book out there in those free formats... and get a great-looking ebook.</p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AEWHU8E/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00AEWHU8E&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=alexstef-20" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AEWHU8E/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00AEWHU8E&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=alexstef-20</a></p><p>(Hey, and if you can help get the word out by sharing or tweeting this, I'd really appreciate it...)</p>tag:www.kickstarter.com,2008-10-09:Post/3587952012-11-29T12:16:54-05:002012-11-29T12:16:54-05:00What are people saying about Carbon Zero?<p>Hey friends, just wanted to let you know that the reaction so far has been amazing! Here are a few of the great things people are saying about Carbon Zero. </p><p><br>"Hurricane Sandy reminded us that cities are where climate change crashes into everyday life. But the news isn't all bad -- this remarkable little book shows how the future of the planet depends on building better cities and the kind of new thinking we need to get started. Read <b>Carbon Zero</b> right away, because time is short."</p><p>—Bill McKibben</p><p>"Could help us find a way to survive and even thrive in the face of a planetary challenge that political leaders... have been reluctant to face."</p><p>—The Atlantic<br><a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2012/11/ruggedized-cities-and-vision-carbon-zero-urban-future-interview-alex-steffen/3965/" target="_blank">http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2012/11/ruggedized-cities-and-vision-carbon-zero-urban-future-interview-alex-steffen/3965/</a></p><p>"Redefines what being a successful city means in a rapidly warming and increasingly urbanized world."</p><p>—Treehugger<br><a href="http://www.treehugger.com/urban-design/imagining-cities-can-save-planet-alex-steffen-talks-about-carbon-zero.html" target="_blank">http://www.treehugger.com/urban-design/imagining-cities-can-save-planet-alex-steffen-talks-about-carbon-zero.html</a></p><p>"A deep and inspiring manual for imagining how our cities can become the solution to our climate woes."</p><p>—<a href="http://Grist.org" target="_blank">Grist.org</a><br><a href="http://grist.org/cities/how-cities-can-lead-the-climate-fight-introducing-alex-steffens-climate-zero/" target="_blank">http://grist.org/cities/how-cities-can-lead-the-climate-fight-introducing-alex-steffens-climate-zero/</a></p><p>We'll post more here </p><p><a href="http://www.alexsteffen.com/press/" target="_blank">http://www.alexsteffen.com/press/</a></p><p>next week. Thanks again!</p>tag:www.kickstarter.com,2008-10-09:Post/3542672012-11-22T03:29:08-05:002012-11-22T03:29:09-05:00Come join in the fun!<p>Friends, if you're in San Francisco on Monday, we're throwing a little impromptu happy hour launch party: please pop by if you can!</p><p>https://www.facebook.com/events/408980265837836/?ref=ts&amp;fref=ts</p><p>Also, we have a new Twitter Feed</p><p>https://twitter.com/C02zero</p><p>and Facebook page:</p><p>https://www.facebook.com/C02zero</p>tag:www.kickstarter.com,2008-10-09:Post/3542622012-11-22T03:23:36-05:002012-11-22T03:23:37-05:00It's a book! In your in-box!This post is for backers only. Please visit <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1910818917/carbon-zero-a-short-tour-of-your-citys-future/posts/354262">Kickstarter.com</a> and log in to read.tag:www.kickstarter.com,2008-10-09:Post/3327442012-10-20T18:13:49-04:002012-10-20T18:13:50-04:00A reminder about contact informationThis post is for backers only. Please visit <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1910818917/carbon-zero-a-short-tour-of-your-citys-future/posts/332744">Kickstarter.com</a> and log in to read.tag:www.kickstarter.com,2008-10-09:Post/3314432012-10-18T18:30:31-04:002012-10-18T18:30:31-04:00Carbon Zero - here!<p>I just got back the first complete version of Carbon Zero from the folks at OPEN. I am going to send it out first thing tomorrow morning.</p><p>Please note that this is a draft, still, and I would very much welcome feedback and reactions (alexsteffentrip@gmail.com is an easy address to reach me at...). In other words, there will probably be one more iteration before it's made public, and if you see a way to make it better before then, please let me know!</p><p>Thank you so much for your continuing support, encouragement and understanding. I hope you'll be please with the results.</p><p>Yours</p><p>Alex</p>tag:www.kickstarter.com,2008-10-09:Post/3105112012-09-17T18:52:57-04:002012-09-17T18:52:58-04:00Ship date 9/28/12!<p>Hey friends--</p><p>So, I just got off the phone with Scott Stowell of OPEN, and I am pleased to be able to share with you an actual ship date of <b>September 28th, 2012</b>. Copies of Carbon Zero will go out electronically then.</p><p>The initial release will be a PDF; a Kindle-/iPad-friendly version will follow the next week or so afterwards. Other rewards will go out about the same time, except for the poster, which will take printing.</p><p>To say that I'm pleased to finally be able to share this book with you would be a profound understatement. I really, really appreciate the incredible support you've all shown in this process.</p><p>Thank you, again. I hope the next time you hear from me, it's a note telling you to check your email! :)</p><p>Best</p><p>Alex</p>